xiii, 250 pages : 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-220) and index

Introduction: The lands and their peoples -- The Near East on the eve of the First Crusade -- The First Crusade 1095-1099 -- The Frankish states and the Muslim response 1099-1128 -- Outremer and its people -- Zangī and Nūr al-Dīn 1128-1154 -- Nūr al-Dīn and the rise of Saladin 1154-1174 -- The ascendancy of Saladin 1174-1193 -- The later Ayyubids 1193-1249 -- Institutions from the Seljukids to the Ayyubids -- The inauguration of the Mamluk Sultanate 1249-1260 -- The reign of al-Ẓāhir Baybars 1260-1277 -- The establishment of the Kalavunid Dynasty 1277-1293 -- The reign of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad: the usurpations 1293-1310 -- The reign of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad: the autocracy 1310-1341 -- The later Kalavunids and the Circassian succession 1341-1399 -- Egypt and Nubia to the late fourteenth century -- Institutions of the Mamluk Sultanate -- Diplomatic and commercial relations of the Mamluk Sultanate -- The Seljuk Sultanate of Rūm and its successors -- The Mamluk Sultanate in decline: the sons and household of Barkuk 1399-1461 -- The Mamluk Sultanate in decline: the later Circassian Mamluk Sultans 1461-1517 -- Conclusion: Retrospect and prospect

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